Dear Students
Excellent Opportunity to show case globally.
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Communications Technology Changing the World Student Competition
Dedicated to the future leaders in communications and networking, IEEE ComSoc holds an annual student competition, encouraging communications engineering students to expand their knowledge, test and showcase new skills, and inspire innovation. The winning student (or student team) can earn up to US$2,000. The team leader or the individual of the First prize will be invited to receive the prize at IEEE GLOBECOM 2019, Hawaii, USA, with expenses paid.
Competition Description
The competition, Communication Technology Changing the World, recognizes students or teams of students who demonstrate the capacity to improve the lives of people, through the application of communication technology and the development of projects that meet the human needs of people.
Eligibility Requirements
- To individually qualify for the competition, a participant must be a Student member or Graduate Student member of IEEE Communications Society.
- Entrants may form a team with other IEEE ComSoc Student members or non-Student-members, as long as the team is led by an IEEE ComSoc Student member.
- Team members do not need to be from the same country or region.
- In this competition, students must play the predominant roles in developing the project and problem-solving. Higher grade senior roles may be included on a team, but will be considered "mentors" or "advisors." Non-Student members among authors must be listed as "Advisor."
- While students may receive technical and financial assistance from others, senior individuals acting in any mentorship role must limit the level of support to general guidance and must not contribute in any other form that might be considered original authorship, or in any way that may enable claims of rights or ownership to the submitted entries.
- The submission entry must specify clearly the contribution of mentors or others supporting the students in the team.
- Student members or Graduate Student members of the IEEE Communications Society must be at least 18 years of age at the time of entry submission.
- IEEE ComSoc Membership - Non members can join IEEE ComSoc at any time. IEEE Student members must renew for the 2019 membership year and add ComSoc to be eligible to participate in the student contest. https://www.ieee.org/membership-application/public/join.html?grade=Member&promo=COMSOCWEB18IEEE
How to Enter
Entries must be submitted using the form on the IEEE ComSoc website by 1 October 2019.
https://www.comsoc.org/form/2019-ieee-comsoc-student-competition
SUBMIT A PROJECT on the above link.
Submissions should be no longer than 3,000 words (a PDF file embedding all figures) and should include the following information:
- project title
- executive summary
- general description
- technical solution and project details
- social impact on humanity or local community
- implementation status, testing, and trial (if any)
- previous submissions to other contests (if any)
- additional documentation (if any)
- optionally, a short video (5 minutes max) posted online where team members present their project or give a practical demonstration
- contact information
Entries will be accepted up until the submission deadline noted on the competition online form. Contestants are encouraged to register in advance of submitting their entries. Incomplete entries are void and will not be eligible to win.
Evaluation and Ranking
Entries will be evaluated and ranked by an international judging committee, appointed by the Student Competition Chairs, including representatives of all ComSoc Technical Committees. Evaluation criteria will include:
- originality
- creativity in applying communication technology
- social impact on humanity or local community
- challenging technical aspects
- practical results
- possible application in other parts of the world
We encourage all students who aspire to a career in communications and networking to enter. Shape the future of our field by making your voice heard today.
Additional Details
IEEE Communications Society may require, within its discretion, each prize winner to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability and publicity release, in which each winner consents to the use of his or her name, age, hometown and photo by IEEE for advertising and promotional purposes, without any additional compensation, wherever lawful, as a precondition to award of a prize. Failure to do so may disqualify the entry.
All entries become the property of IEEE Communications Society and no entry will be returned to participants. By entering, all participants consent to the use by IEEE Communications Society of all the information provided in the entries for marketing or sales promotion purposes without any attribution, identification, right of review or compensation.
Finally, all entrants agree to release and hold harmless IEEE and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the contest.
Have a question?
Send your questions to scp@comsoc.org. Please provide enough information so that we may respond to your inquiry.
